My dad wants to know if... *HELP PLEASE*

[Moochie]

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I love your doxie picture!

 

[spartacus_63]

Just about any chemical poison will kill the lice or mites. It is the dose that you subject the birds to that is critical. Without knowing what shampoo you are planning to use, I can not give you an answer. One important issue is what type of bug do these birds have. It does make a difference in how you treat. Permethrin, carbaryl and DE are all contact killers. that means the bug has to come in contact with a lethal dose of the poison. The trick is to not expose the chicken to a lethal dose too. The Ivomec stuff works through the blood of the chicken and is not effective on all poultry mites/lice.

There are some regions of the country, mostly in the south & south west that have resistant mite populations.
The best advice I can give you to get rid of lice or mites without knowing the type of bug would be to clean out the coop completely. Dispose of the bedding so other birds can't come in contact with it. Get some poultry dust and spread it around in the coop. On and around the roosts. In any cracks and crevices and around the entire perimeter of the coop. Then you need to dust all of your birds. You need to get the dust under the feathers to were the bugs are. I would NOT put any liter in the coop until after the bug problem is solved. You need to dust the birds once a week for three weeks and then check for any bugs. If you still have bugs at that point, you can be certain that you have a resistant strain of bug to the chemical you are using.

What type of spray were you using. Most over the counter sprays are NOT effective killers of parasites. The sprays are generally repellents. They cause the bugs to leave the area for a time and then they return. If you used a bug bomb, those fogger types, you may kill a good number of the bugs, but the majority will not be exposed to a lethal dose and they will escape. Those spray poisons are NOT persistent agents and the bugs will recover and possibly develop a resistance to that poison. Most of these parasites can survive a long time off their host. Some can survive near freezing temperatures for up to a month without a host.

If I knew what type bug you had, I could give you more specific information.

Just so you know I work in the pest control industry. I kill bugs for a living. I would love to be able to help you and your birds. It would be helpful to know what type of coop you have and how big it is. What is in your coop. How many birds do you have. I posted a link earlier in the thread that takes you to a page with pictures of the different types of poultry parasites. If you can determine what type of bug it is, that would help too. Looking at them with a magnifying glass can help. For future reference, you can always collect a sample of the infestation and take it to your county extension office and have them identify it for you.

This is not an easy job, but if you do it right you can get rid of the bugs and with some simple preventive measure you can prevent their return.

Good luck.

 

[spartacus_63]

I love your doxie picture!

Thanks. She is Harley and she is my biker babe and co-pilot.​

 

[justtoni44]

Hi, I apologize that I am unable to help..........
Not an expert.just good intentions.
And I want to apologize for being offensive to anyone..
Let my emotions get ahead of my brain......
Just wanted to fix it and couldn't.

 

[Cochin378]

Hello, I think that I can provide you with the answer you are looking for. I have used dog and cat lice shampoo on my chickens with excellent results for seven years. I lice shampoo my chickens before I go to shows and they are fine. I also put one drop of Small Dog One Spot on them so they don't pick up lice. It way less messy than dusting your chicken because you end up getting the dust all over you. I really think shampoo works because all my birds are lice and mite free. Good luck. You can PM for more information if you need it. Cochin.

 

[spartacus_63]

A word of warning, if you only treat the birds and not the coop, you will most likely be reinfested within a month. From what you described, you have a heavy infestation and depending on the type of parasite probably have migrated already.

 

[Moochie]

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I think they are lice. I don't know if this helps any, but on Gertrude some of her fluff is turning blondish white. On her neck fluff. Just a few not all. The type of eggs that they lay on her feathers look like lice eggs. Ima go give her a bath pretty soon. I don't think my big girls have them, they dust themselves quite alot and I can't find any eggs on them. I'm sure the little ones have them too but not as bad. I checked the cochins and it seems the black ones have a wee bit.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Just be sure when you give her or any of your birds a bath that you make sure their good and dry before putting them back outside.

 

[Moochie]

Oh yes most definately.
We bathed her quite a few times. 2 times with the shampoo and 3 more times with water. Then we peeled some of the dead scales on her feet, trimmed her nails, and trimmed her beak. It grows crooked. Afterwards my mom toweled dry then blow dry and combed her. She looks spick and span

In the water it was really dirty and I could see the bugs going woohoo down the drain. Then I picked out the remaining egg clumps on her neck, they came right off and they turned brown (before they were white). I went outside and removed all of the litter and bedding. I sprinkled sevin dust everywhere and replaced the shavings. Then my mom came out with Gertrude and we both checked the rest for lice. Some had eggs but we dusted them all.
Gertrude can walk better too.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Hopefully you and mom have it under control